Who lived in a house like this? Explore some of the last 1940s prefab housing in the UK.

[@IngenerateIngenue]

“service comes before profit - prevent privatisation”. This BT poster made me very sad…and angry. We are all now paying SO much, too much, for our utilities because GREED has taken over service. It’’s sickening. 😡

[@throughlucyslens]

A kindred spirit .. I was very much drawn to that poster ….

[@Stratoszero]

Yes, a very poignant and incredibly prophetic poster in hindsight.

[@Hartley_Hare]

I grew up in a house that bordered a small prefab community in Nottingham that was built around a cul de sac. Some of the people there had come from slum clearance programmes and almost every man who lived there had done something in the war, from serving in the RAF to landing on Arnhem. Perhaps because of that, it felt like heaven and everyone was invested in the community. I had a million not-aunts and not-uncles there and it would have been possible to walk down the street and have a cuppa in pretty much every house you came to. I have no idea what did for this way of life, but I think the injection of the 'I'm alright Jack' sensibility in the eighties and the idea that, unless something made someone, somewhere some money, it was bad seems to have been to blame. The prefabs were contrary to that - they were housing that was an instance of the state taking care of its people.

[@Stratoszero]

@@Hartley_Hare Absolutely. The 80s it went to hell, government mandated selfishness. Glad I got to experience a decade and a bit beforehand,

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@StratoszeroI only experienced a tiny bit of it, and there's much that was wrong, but also a fundamental decency and a belief in certain things that now seem enormously positive.

[@lisagreenway8410]

You can imagine how these would be luxurious after living in the homes pre-war, and they were a lifeline to those who had lost their homes during the war, bless them x

[@admiralcraddock464]

I was born in a prefab in 1954. My mum and dad thought they`d gone to heaven: moving from a tenemant block with a single toilet between two other families in a Bltzed East End to a detached "bungalow" with its own garden with nearby open fields for their children to play in.

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

There everywhere they not even close to the last remaining Leicester is full of 3 bed tin houses and every one is private ex right to buy they go for 290 k

[@neilhilton35]

Absolutely. People were happier too because of the community spirit which prevailed.

[@quickclipsbyjmj]

Said to be damp originally. Within 6 months, all issues had been resolved and proved to be a great alternative to concrete tower blocks.

[@michellebyrom6551]

Proper ventilation and heating deals with that. As long as as the structure is weatherproof.

[@heatherstephens9295]

It looks way more of a home compared to the concrete high rises ❤

[@SloopyDog]

Prefab housing would be a good solution for today's housing shortage. My family lived in a prefab house in the 50s. They had many facilities that many people didn't have in those days such as a bathroom and inside toilet. The kitchens were modern with smart built-in units and a fridge, which many people didn't have in those days. A large garden where my father grew a lot of the veg for the house. I would be happy to live in a pre-fabricated house now. We later got a council house which was very basic compared to the prefab.

[@throughlucyslens]

I agree, I would live in one too, there are some great ones being put up in Scandinavia on a flat pack basis. I love them.

[@dewexdewex]

The big problem with housing in the UK is the land cost, not the build cost.

[@SloopyDog]

@@dewexdewex Yes, Greed and shortage of land plus the migrant factor have made prices soar.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

We don't _have_ a housing shortage. We have a housing _affordability_ problem because of Right to Buy and state encouragement of private landlords and private ownership through debt.

[@SloopyDog]

@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx I am sorry to say, we do have a housing shortage. I live in the North East of England, I am disabled and I have been trying to get a rental property for 12 years. Councils here would rather give vacant property to migrants and asylum seekers, they are even paying private landlords a year's rent in advance if they will house the migrants. Yes, they are building a lot of new private houses, if you can afford the exorbitant prices, which I can't.

[@zeldaray5562]

I’ve spent a few nights at my friends prefab in the 60s. I was amazed how big it was inside. And I remember these telephones. My dad was a policeman in the day of the blue police box. I actually went in one with him. A brilliant post bringing back lots of memories. TFS❤

[@throughlucyslens]

Very welcome

[@DemelzaBoing]

I was born in the kitchen of a prefab house in Stafford, 1962. My parents moved us to another house soon afterwards, but my Mum always said how much she`d loved her litttle home in Exeter Street. The prefabs are still there, but sadly my parents are gone now. Thanks for sharing this lovely video. It bought so many lovely memories of my Parents and Grandparents.

[@throughlucyslens]

You are so welcome and thank you for sharing your lovely memories ❤️

[@malcolmcog]

I was born in a prefab in Birmingham !

[@nickielondon2594]

Me and my Mum squatted in a prefab in Battersea South London in the early 70's when I was a kid, diving into the built in or hiding behind the sofa when we heard someone coming up the path. Now I'm lucky enough to live in a Grade 2 listed Tudor house in a lovely little village which is a world away from my younger years in rough old South London, so this video has been a bit emotional for me remembering back to those uncertain bygone years, thoroughly enjoyed it though, thanks ever so much.

[@throughlucyslens]

I love stories like this, our childhoods can make us resilient and strong even though troubled times. Your current home sounds AMAZING! 😍

[@TheMargoCHANNING]

My husbands aunt and uncle also lived in one in Rotherhithe South London until they were pulled down and were rehoused in a block of flats and stayed till they both passed away. Me and my family lived in the tenement buildings S tanhope Buildings, Redcross Way in the Borough, South London from 1956 to 1966. The buildings were Victorian. In 1966 we were moved up the road to a flat where my mum still lives. Lots of families still have friendships from all that time ago as the families were all moved with the Borough and still talk about the good times. The buildings were pulled down in the 70s/80s and a school was built.

[@throughlucyslens]

I was watching a documentary on here last night about them demolishing estates in Southwark, it made me cry! People really didn’t want to leave because of the community. I understood.

[@TheMargoCHANNING]

@throughlucyslens yes it's people we miss when things happen like this. My parents are irish and there was a big irish community there. So many different nationality lived in our buildings all different colours and everyone got along all in the same boat. Happy days even though they were tough.

[@asmith9140]

Yes and the guy coming to collect the money for the tick stuff ,my mum would buy stuff on credit from a company who loaned people Monday to spend on clothes in certain local shops and you'd. Pay back an agreed amount each week only we had to skip some payments because we didn't have the cashanyone else remember the provident man ? And those provident cheques? That you would never admit you used

[@bernm1948]

I was born in a prefab in Bristol in 1948. It’s not there anymore but my cousin still lives in one. They were wonderful. My mum was heartbroken when she had to move….they had washing machine etc. I lived in there til I was 7….. fond memories.

[@throughlucyslens]

So sad they couldn’t save them. I bet the houses they have built on top wouldn’t have lasted as long!

[@margaretbruce1518]

There are lots in Chelmsford. All lived in

[@efinna4004]

I remember as a child visiting relatives living in a prefab it was a lovely little house all on one level housing like this would be welcomed by our older residents no stairs private dwellings as opposed to dingy restrictive flats that shuts them away either with noisy neighbours who have no thoughts for others or it’s full of dangerous stairs not suitable for older people. Seeing this prefab being refurbished is a joy.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you. And I totally agree ❤️

[@boyblunder8889]

I lived in one when I was a kid in the 60’s , it was in Mile End , Stepney , apparently they remained for many years after we moved out in the late 60’s 👍

[@dollybearzz8401]

The prefab I was brought up in was different from any of the ones in your video. Ours was constructed in aluminium, with built in aluminium cupboards in the dining kitchen, bathroom and living room. We had a coal fire, which was the only heating in the house, so it was difficult to keep warm beyond the living room. Overall, it was very well designed and our bathroom was very spacious with an airing cupboard and various other cupboards and shelves. The bedrooms had spacious wardrobes. There was a large window between the kitchen and living room, which enabled Mum or Dad to keep an eye on the rest of the family when preparing meals. Outside, there was a double aluminium 20:44 shed; one for the coal and a larger one for whatever else was needed for our huge garden. My parents were told that our prefab was a permanent home and not one of the ten-year ones. It lasted for over 30 years and I was so sad 😞 when the council decided to demolish the prefabs in our area.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you so much for sharing this, I would have loved to have seen it - I bet it was very chilly in the winter with all that metal and just the one fire. I feel very sad for the people that lost their treasured homes - and of course communities.

[@dollybearzz8401]

@@throughlucyslens It certainly was very chilly 🥶 in our Scottish winters! I remember the lovely patterns in the thick ice inside of our windows! The front door would often be frozen, leaving it unable to open for days at a time! 😯 At one time, Dad would light the ‘Tilly lamp’, run on paraffin, which gave us a little more warmth, but the fumes from it were not good. Then we had a variety of small electric bar heaters. Eventually the council installed a gas fire which was a bit warmer for us, but still didn’t really have much affect in the bedrooms. Cold as it was, I still feel a considerable amount of nostalgia for it and I would love to have a more modern, maybe warmer, version of it now, just to be able to reminisce. 🥹

[@throughlucyslens]

@@dollybearzz8401 I used to draw on the frosted windows inside my childhood home- then Mom would tell me off as she had to clean all my greasy little fingers off the windows. We had just the one gas fire too and I remember us all cramming around it - but not so close as the story about the little girl whos nighty caught fire was told again! It's weird I don't remember cold, just love - we are the lucky ones, this was in the 1980s.

[@dollybearzz8401]

@@throughlucyslens 😅 I also drew on the frosted glass, hoping it would help with thawing it so that I could see what was happening outside. 🥶 Wishfully thinking of the chance to make ☃️⛄️❄️ 😁

[@Gazr965]

Open coal fires were at best 5% efficient as 95 % of the heat went up the chimney, ok they were hot by radiant heat but put very little convection heat into the room, a solid fuel stove is around 80 to 90 % efficient in heating the air in the room as very little of that air gets sucked up the chimney. Even so for every £100 spent on fuel in a stove at least £10 to £20 still goes up the flue! But that is much cheaper then £95 up the flue with an open fire😎 Gaz Yorkshire

[@marybarratt2649]

My aunt lived in one and it was like a little cottage. I was jealous. Those who lived in them loved them and many were really unhappy to give them up. It’s nice to see those being restored. Thanks for sharing. I love social history. I’d not heard of Avoncroft so looking around the prefab was very enjoyable. Brought back some memories.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks for your lovely comment. Avoncroft is lovely, worth a visit if ever you are in the area, I believe a small charity so not very well known.

[@nellafella]

Lucy, i’ve just found your channel, completely by accident. Your videos are superb. You have a lovely way about you and describe things so well! I used to live in Coseley in Wolverhampton, so lovely to hear your accent as well. Very best wishes. Neil in Southport.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you! That’s made my day, I just genuinely enjoy making them and it’s great to find a group of people interested in similar things even if it’s through a screen, means a lot x

[@nellafella]

@@throughlucyslens Bless you, and long may your channel continue. Its superb x

[@traceywoodall6937]

Wow this is the second video of yours and I loved it. Pity the government doesn’t build these prefabs today, people were so proud of them and it would help the housing crisis. A big thank you. 😊

[@throughlucyslens]

I totally agree! Check out the modern prefabs they build in Sweden and Denmark - they are absolutely stunning! Low cost and totally eco friendly too. I’d love one.

[@traceywoodall6937]

@@throughlucyslens Ooo thank you I will look it up 👍

[@idonthavealoginname]

No profit for MP's if they actually built social housing !

[@Louise-b9k]

I remember seeing these houses about 45 years ago (we had been to Edgbaston, Cannon Hill Park back to Solihull) and my Father saying they were prefabs. Surprised they are still there.

[@throughlucyslens]

It’s odd how you never forget them - they are so out of place inbetween all those big detached houses.

[@SN-sz7kw]

Like a glorious garden bungalow IMHO. I’d take one in a heartbeat, esp with that door to the garden. Not to romanticize things, but they seem quite sweet to me.

[@throughlucyslens]

I think they are lovely - and like you a big fan of the French windows out to the garden too!

[@mariankelly8224]

Brilliant channel. I love seeing how the ordinary people lived . You' re doing a great job. So interesting.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you very much! I love ordinary people too. - they are usually very extraordinary! X

[@MaureenMarshall-c5d]

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[@missmerrily4830]

New viewer here and loved it! Emotional for me too at the age of 75. My family lived in a council house but many of my friends lived in prefabs and I was a frequent visitor. They were really spacious and new too! I was envious! But the tears fell when I unexpectedly heard the speaking clock! Thank you, this was lovely and I’m now duly subscribed.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you so much, that's really touched me this morning, there is something about the speaking clock that really touches me too, sounds of a bygone time brings you back to an exact moment x

[@francescacatlow]

Thank you for this lovely video. I lived in a prefab in Watford, Hertfordshire. It was on a small estate and the community was lovely. I still have some photos of the outside garden, coal shed, and myself with a collection of toys 😊. The prefab was tiny by today’s standards but it was well designed. My happiest days. I used to come home from school, make up the coal fire, put a half crown in the electric meter, before mum came home from work. It was pretty cold and frosty in the winters. There is a prefab at the Chiltern Open Air Museum which makes me so emotional to see. You have brought back happy memories.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you so much for sharing them, absolutely lovely - really made me smile with my bleary eyed cuppa at breakfast x

[@Guitar6ty]

Those prefabs were way better than the slums of the 1950s to the 1970s they even had gardens.

[@meredith9229]

Amazing how one stamp of a form by a stranger in an office can change the course of someone's life, hell in the slums or minimal country living. Luck of the draw. Not that the prefabs were luxury of course. Many would have been absolutely Baltic in the winter. Damp and constant upkeep. Not an easy life either. But less brutal on ones soul.

[@sarahstrong7174]

That 'carpet' is a handmade rag rug. People often made them to be hearthrugs, partly to protect the carpet or floor from damage from hot coals falling out from the fireplace.

[@lindasharp8523]

I'm making a denim rag rug right now

[@ldunn7641]

I lived with my parents in a prefab Falkirk area Scotland. It was a great house. Lovely coal fire too. We moved when I was 13 as they were getting demolished. Bring similar houses back.

[@throughlucyslens]

I agree. I think they are an amazing housing solution. I would live in one! ❤️

[@rowenabrewer4522]

I absolutely love your videos. You don't rush through and it makes me feel like I am there with you. Thank you 🥰

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you, that’s really what I hope to achieve! I really appreciate that x

[@kat71580]

How lovely, i would love to live in this little home. In the 70's i lived in an Airey House, they were built after the War too. The 3 bedroom house had so much room, on a very large plot. How i would like to go back., sadly demolished now..i love your video so pleased to have found you, happy to subscribe. Perhaps you could look into a film about Airey Houses..❤

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks Kat, I had not heard of them until now so I am right on Google to look them up!

[@philhawley1219]

@@throughlucyslens Still quite a few Airey houses in my part of Shropshire built in the late 40's.

[@TerriWilson-bi3pj]

Preston Lancashire 🌹still has the two story semi detached prefabs, which were built in the 1948 era. Two of the three bedrooms were heated from a wood burning stove in the dining room. They have full bathrooms and an outside porch with a second toilet. They also have an integral shed including a coal shute, accessed from the porch, so all undercover. Most have good sized front and back gardens and are now mainly privately owned. Lots of happy memories of the community spirit where lifelong friendships were formed.🍀 l am thoroughly enjoying this series so thank you.💐

[@throughlucyslens]

These sound incredible, thank you for sharing - and such amazing facilities in them too!

[@ande100]

OMG! YESSS! We could call for the time! I totally forgot about that!😅

[@throughlucyslens]

My parents put a lock on the phone!! I was obsessed with it! haha

[@ande100]

@@throughlucyslens lol. Me, too! My dad caught me once just listening to no end and gave me a VERY stern look. I just found your channel and am doing an interrupted binge watch. Your channel oozed whimsy, charm and architectural history. Of course I fell in love so fast that I tripped. Greetings from Texas from a lass who spend her most favorite times in the UK.

[@niccispooner3579]

I’m 42 and would absolutely adore living in a little place like this I bet they will be so comfortable and cosy I hope the tenants will all be very happy ❤

[@michellebyrom6551]

I have.lived in one of these prefabs for over 20 years now. Its amazing to see the original fit out. I'm in Derry, Northern Ireland. Our wee estate was built to house USA servicemen in the war. All are semidetached, 3 bedroom bungalows built on concrete pads. The outside walls are the same as the first houses you showed. Originally the roofs were the same aluminium panels. The last original roof here was replaced only a couple of years ago. Brown metal tiles to match all the rest. Most were replaced in the 80s when we had our last major fit out. Insulation in the walls, double glazing, kitchen cabinets, rewiring and the single open fire fitted with a coal fed stove to supply the new central heating. Big rooms except the bathroom which is about the same size.as the Yardley house and also contains the toilet. I've seen bigger ensuites in modern houses, but as you said, indoor toilets and/or bathrooms were a luxury 80 years ago. The layout is similar to the Yardley house, big central hallway with 2 large bedrooms to the party wall side with built in corner storage, not the original wardrobes you showed. Bathroom at the back around the electric/storage cupboard. Small bedroom on the other side behind the living room. The living room is the 6th door at the front of the house. Takes up almost half the length of the house and half its depth. The door to the kitchen is at the far end of the living room, as in the Yardley house. Back door is actually in the side end with an orginal, unlined porch that I'll lose soon. Very useful for keeping messy stuff out of the house but at hand. The original inner walls have been replaced with timber frames and plasterboard. I'm sure that cut down on a lot of the noise. The metal sheath and the meccano type framing still in the roof expands and contracts with ourside temperatures, particularly in spring and autumn. In the wee small hours you'd swear someone was breaking in as the house cooled. Took me a couple of years to never get up to be certain. Lol. Over a decade ago those noises stopped as we had the fire taken out and a new gas system installed. The roof insulation was also greatly improved to the point that I could no longer store anything in the attic. Good to large gardens to 3 sides that are better than many standard modern houses. We're all waiting for the contractors to finally start another refurbishment. The metal sheath is being removed, along with the existing insulation. Better insulation and a new sheath finished with render will go on so the fond tin shack label will no longer apply. New kitchen cabinets, bathroom fittings, total rewire, new windows and external doors too. Keep the house warmer than ever and no longer liable to sway in gales. That last is an odd one. Sofa against an outside wall and you can feel the force of rare wind gusts on your back. The houses are now almost 50:50 mix of social and privately owned. Once the refurbishing scheme is done they'll be good for another 30 years. Not bad for the USA military expectation of 12 years maximum. I consider myself fortunate to live in one, even though I have lived in allegedly better. Very long post. I'm caught up by your enthusiasm. USA left the housing as was due to the pist war housing crisis. Also, as you came out of the Yardley house I noticed the Anderson shelter that you didn't mention. My mother got an English brick built council house 50 years ago. It still had its Anderson shelter used as a garden shed. Sadly, my mother knocked it down as she hated the memories it brought up.

[@throughlucyslens]

Hey! Thanks for your lovely comment: not only me but others will enjoy reading this too. It's so frustrating about the Anderson shelter - my camera did a weird thing and the footage was gone. We had one in our garden as a kid and it was sunken and full of boggy water .. and frogs! We were fascinated by it. Genuinely loved reading this and so appreciative. ❤️

[@maryingham3516]

Such a lovely tribute to the family that lived. Thank you, Lucy for honoring all the people who lived in working class housing.

[@throughlucyslens]

I love it Mary, it's so important to me xx

[@mariaimre9947]

Some days ago I saw a video about prefab houses in Ipswich. I find these houses very interesting and also moving. I am very glad that they will be restored.

[@throughlucyslens]

Ohhh I will look out for that video! Fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing that with me and I find these houses moving too - so special x

[@Jeannette-op5qe]

I wish I was living in a prefab house , but Greenwich council chosen to BURN them out and gut them out witch upset me and my grandmother that really upset us , thank you for the memories.❤❤❤

[@throughlucyslens]

You are so welcome: it makes me cross that "progress" is often destroying things that were more than fit for purpose and making people happy, thanks for sharing x

[@EtherealSunset]

I've just found your videos and I love them. Prefabs were the first houses built in my town in the 1940s. I love your enthusiasm for all the little details and thinking about what people's lives were like.

[@throughlucyslens]

Glad you like them! I love people! So much.

[@RichieRouge206]

This reminds me so much of the Lustron homes in the USA! Ironically they are probably better made than current new houses which are utterly crap! In a town called Ellesmere Port near me there are some prefabs from war time that are still in use today! Superb video and love these alternative homes - thoroughly enjoyed the back to back homes too! And it’s so true about the strong emotions brought up with homes and how they remind us of grandparents and where we visited when we grew up! That phone ring was a proper sound from my childhood!

[@throughlucyslens]

I will check them out. I just can't get enough of them! Thanks for your lovely comment, I want to go up to Port Sunlight so a little detour to see those is possible.

[@arnoldarnold4944]

It brought back so many good memories of my Nan and granddad's prefab in Tile Cross, Birmingham in the 1960s.l stayed there many times and was so happy there. I went to Central Grammar School For Boys back then. The prefab even had a gas powered fridge, l know ,it sounds impossible but true. I often wish l could go back in time and live those days again.

[@throughlucyslens]

Wow! That’s amazing, my mom always said she never had a fridge until she married in 1978 - goes to show how “modern” they really were!

[@lofiloafing]

I grew up in a prefab in the NorthWest...whilst it was home it was absolutely freezing in winter. When I was going to school and college I used to get dressed in my clothes and go to bed in them so I didn't have to get dressed in the morning as it was so cold. Even electric blankets couldn't really help, the walls were so thin... I used to wake up to ice on the inside of my window. The council installed central heating at some point but it never worked properly, the radiators never got warm. It used some kind of back boiler from the fire but the fire never drew properly...someone else commented that all the heat went up the chimney.. very true. We had to use fan heaters, electric fires and a calor gas heater. I was so jealous of school friends who had normal brick houses that were nice and warm. Maybe some models were warmer than others but all I remember is the cold 🥶

[@throughlucyslens]

I can understand how they were probably freezing! I remember the ice inside the windows in my first home as a kid - Mom would tell me off for drawing in it with my greasy little fingers so she had to clean the windows again!

[@macraghnaill3553]

I was brought up in an Edwardian house [North West], we had ice on the inside of the bedroom windows in the winter, majority of houses did. we also had a back boiler for hot water in the kitchen fire, the living room fire was lit late afternoon and the front room was used at Christmas, my mum put a paraffin heater in the hall to help keep the house warm.. We had an estate of prefabs not far from us and I had a friend who live din one, they were knocked down in the late 1960s, they were the ones made from concrete slabs

[@missmerrily4830]

I too lived in a brick council house but it was just as cold in winter. Scraping ice off the inside of windows was the norm! At the age of 11 I visited Germany for the first time and couldn’t comprehend how their homes were so warm and well heated. I wondered at that time how they lived so well, just after WW2, but as I matured, understood that it was down to better building and heating standards laid down there from long before either of the world wars.

[@Ragnar8504]

@@missmerrily4830 Single-glazed windows freeze over quite easily and lack of central heating doesn't exactly help keep houses warm. The Germans had plenty of single-glazed windows until modern double glazing appeared after the first oil crisis in the 70s but they did adopt central heating quite early, much earlier than neighbouring Austria, where coal, wood or gas stoves remained the norm even in new builds well into the 1960s. Every historic account I've read mentions bedrooms being freezing cold even if they could in theory have been heated because that was considered wasteful.

[@pat_an466]

This brought back memories. We lived in a prefab for about eight years in the 50s-60s. I think they must have been built after the ones you looked at, though, because they were much nicer. We had a big fitted kitchen, with lots of storage and a built-in fridge, cooker, etc; and a good bathroom. Also, the bedrooms had lots of built-in storage, plus there was a big hall cupboard. We had quite big gardens at the front and back, and grew veg as well as flowers. It wasn't damp (we never had mould or anything like that), although the metal windows did get some condensation on them in winter. Some time after we moved out to a house (just behind the prefabs, actually), they replaced them with bungalows, which I think had the same layout, because it worked well.

[@throughlucyslens]

That's so lovely, I think they are wonderful and like you say - such great lay outs. I'm glad to hear they built the bungalows in the same way.

[@grabham59]

Brilliant video Lucy - my Grandparents started their married life in a prefab and were so happy - for all the reasons you pointed out - the thought and design behind them. That looks a great museum, I will certainly try to visit if I'm ever up that way!

[@throughlucyslens]

Please do visit if you can, it's a lovely, relaxed place, you will enjoy it ❤️

[@lynne150351]

Hi Lucy, wow!! just found your channel and have already subbed after the first video that popped up on my suggestions the 1950's houses in beamish, like you I long for the time of my childhood and this took me back to such halcyon days, I'm now 73 and todays world seems alien to me, so I'm working my way though your lovely video's many many thanks for your time and diligence in making them, please keep them coming, I did visit beamish some years ago but then there was only the Edwardian era, I shall definitely be going back to see the new additions.

[@throughlucyslens]

Hi Lynne, thank you, and thank you for subscribing! I enjoy making these videos so much, it's the highlight of my week sitting down to research and edit, I'm not a professional by any means but your words are really appreciated. Beamish blew my mind, I had wanted to go since I was a little girl so to actually get there was a dream come true. I didn't have time to see everything I wanted so I need to plan to return :)

[@pheart2381]

My mum was brought up in a prefab. They loved it.

[@throughlucyslens]

People do seem to say they were a lovely place to live, it was certainly cosy and I even thought myself I would be happy living here! :)

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

Half my estate new parks Leicester is pre fab there not even close to the Last remaining not one has been knocked down in Leicester all are ex council right to buy and they sell for 290k

[@sandrawoodall6545]

They should bring back prefabs they were such great housing for those people after the war,they still have quite a few I. Seamills in Bristol. Lots of things you showed remind me off my childhood. Great video to watch thanks.😊

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks so much, I totally agree, I think they are fabulous ..

[@sargee97]

Hi Lucy, I love Avoncroft museum. It's not far from me, I live in Worcester. My late father along with my two sons and myself used to visit there together. We went when they had a second world war weekend and their was a staged war wedding and even a wedding buffet with recipes from the times. You could even try the food and I was given recipes to try. I love the prefab and I've often said its about time they were used again in modern times to help with the housing shortage. I love all the old lace cloths and the kitchen enamel ware. I have the green beryl woods ware dinner set and I use it. On the weekend we went they had Jones's butchers van from dads army and I have precious photos of my darling dad stood with my boys by it. Have a look out for the war time weekends and have another visit then, you will love it. I really do love social history. I must make another visit with my grown up sons very soon. Thanks for sharing and bringing back very special memories. Kind regards Angeline ❤️ xx

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you so much Angeline! I absolutely LOVE Beryl ware. It's just got such lovely connotations and feels comforting. I will look out for the war weekends and pop along, like you it isn't far from me :)

[@elainewalker4740]

My parents lived in a prefab in the 1970s and they loved it. x

[@u-neekusername4430]

Hey who wouldn't get excited opening the dish pantry (or China closet as my Grandmother called it - yet she never owned any 'fine china' LOL) to find it full of beautiful fine/fancy antique dish & serving ware. I would've opened the wardrobes to see if there were clothes & how it was arranged on the inside (only if allowed that is!). I really want to be able to imagine what it would be like day to day when I'm at a historical place. But the amount of day to day items they had on display here, & how it was displayed already gave an excellent impression of what life would be like & how they used that space. So good, & good to know & remember. Thank you again!

[@throughlucyslens]

I love museums that let you explore. Like obviously you wouldn't be able to rifle through wardrobes in a big country house - and I think that's why I love the history of normal people so much!

[@estariplanet7237]

Hi Lucy, we lived in a prefab in the early 60s when I was a baby, my mum often spoke about how she loved it, it even had a fridge!. The rug in your granddad's house is a Rag Rug and my Nana used to make her own.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks for sharing! Yes he had loads of those rugs. They were absolutely filthy too 🤭 bless him.

[@estariplanet7237]

@@throughlucyslens I can't remember my nana ever washing hers 😅 just got a shake out the back door .

[@thenanlife1141]

I lived in a prefab when I was young . Lovely houses ❤❤❤

[@tericrane2610]

Hi my husbands parents lived in a 3 bedroom prefab here in Peterborough and they are still lived in,had lovely big gardens to,love your vlog came by it by chance and subscribed.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you so much Teri, really appreciate it and thank you for sharing x

[@evelynwilson1566]

A small town near my home used to have them. People have very good memories of them. What a great video. Id love to see that museum.

[@throughlucyslens]

It's a great little place, very chilled out and doesn't feel like you are being watched all of the time, you can just enjoy it at your own pace. Thanks for your comment!

[@puppy1584]

Just had to put another comment up…when we got to the telephone museum…the old PBX…takes me back to working at the GPO. you had to know someone in the GPO to get an interview for a job there. I did. Wonderful place, so strict. But great training, loved working on 999 - the best. Thank you for this, you’ve made my day! And I’m going to subscribe…I love history.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks for sharing that memory, I think it was the 90s there was a soap opera called “The hello girls” about women that worked in the exchange and since that day I’ve really wondered what it was like to work there and you just answered that :)

[@mariannetuite7411]

Hearing those laughs on the other end of your phone conversation ❤️ What a great day out. When my niece was that age she used to make pretend phone calls to Grandad Martin - who was no longer around by the time she was born. To this day we still don’t know where she picked that up from but she was always calling to tell him I was being naughty 😇🤣 The caravan restoration was amazing

[@throughlucyslens]

Omg she LOVED IT - it was so funny seeing her being utterly confused over the receiver. Once she got it though she was all over the phones ... must be a family thing to love phones, remember us, on the phone all night after being at school together all day! hahaha

[@mariannetuite7411]

@@throughlucyslensWhen you said about being obsessed with the speaking clock I howled because I was the same when I was tiny 😂

[@throughlucyslens]

@@mariannetuite7411 They got a lock in the end! I used to call it over and over again, I didn't realise it cost MONEY .. my Dad was always coming at me with the phone bill .. remember when we would talk for exactly 59 minutes, hang up and ring back!

[@mariannetuite7411]

The grief I would get 😂😂😂 I always remember going to Leicester for the weekend with your sister. My dad drove us down and back and when I got home the first thing out of his mouth was “How do you two NEVER stop talking!?” “How are you that hungover and still barely coming up for air?” 😅

[@annettelaurence5716]

Hi Lucy. In the Arcon mk5, When you went into the bedrooms, had you looked above the bedroom doors, you would have seen a metal grille. Also the ceiling in the hall way outside the bedrooms is lower than the rest of the house. This is because there is a metal duct which allows heat from the airing cupboard to pass into the bedrooms. I never felt any heat but they had heat marks above so something came out! Also in the bathroom above the bath is a chrome plated pipe used as a towel rail, This actually heated when the coal fire was alight, this was connected to the hot water system. We lived in Coventry and were one of the last people to leave our prefab, the floor in the kitchen had sunk in one corner, if you washed the floor it drained straight out through the gap under the skirting board. When my mother made a jelly for Sunday tea, it set in the bowl at an angle because the fridge sloped with the floor! We loved it despite it's problems. If they had the political will today, they could build the same again and have a massive impact on our current housing crisis. Thank you for making and sharing this video, you brought back a lot of memories,🙃

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank YOU for sharing. The jelly really made me chuckle. My mom had a brown Tupperware rabbit jelly mould that she insisted persevering with and it was always missing a limb when it came out .. sometimes head .. that was also because the rack in our fridge was wonky - happy days :) ❤️

[@lisagreenway8410]

There is loads of prefab houses in Wolverhampton/Walsall areas :)

[@michealpercy1741]

I grew up in a prefab late 50's early 60's. My mum loved it. Happy memories of great parents & a happy childhood.

[@throughlucyslens]

I love this! Thank you so much for sharing x

[@SausageSideways]

There's a whole street of these still lived in and very well kept, in my old hometown of Crumlin, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. They're affectionately known as Tin Town. Ill tag you in a community tab post and put some pics for you to see ❤

[@throughlucyslens]

Amazing. Thank you! Appreciate that a lot .. and love the name!

[@Buddhavibez]

Wow, my Nan had one of these, I’ve still got a photo of me outside it sat on the step. Some good memories unlocked thank you 🥰

[@throughlucyslens]

Glad you enjoyed it and you are so welcome!

[@adrianthomas6667]

I lived in a prefab from the age of 5 to 15yrs. All the internal walls/cupboards were metal, absolutely freezing in winter. Window frames metal too. So cold one winter the S-bend of the toilet froze and cracked open & my brother and I got wacked for peeing on the toilet floor until the problem was found. The living room fire sent the heat straight up the chimney not into the room. BUT it was home, I was sad to leave it. Hainault Essex.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks so much for sharing - and making me chuckle about your brother!

[@mickbaker2483]

Hi Lucy this the first video of Your's I've seen and you took me back 65 years when I used to go to see my grandma Mary in her prefab situated in Cowpen on the then outskirts of Blyth Northumberland we would get told off by my grandma for jumping on her bed because it made the floors bounce and Creek but it was great fun, but it's not all about my grandma and the prefab it's about the community she lived in it was such a beautiful place, 15 years on from being a kid in Blyth I worked demolishing the Bristol prefabs in St George's area this video has sparked emotions of growing up around prefabs and then not realising the history I helped demolish as a young man they were beautiful little home's, thank's for a fantastic video and the memories of the prefabs and the GPO phone boxes.

[@throughlucyslens]

You are so welcome Mick, you didn't demolish anything - memories remain forever, and it was progress- there are probably people living in those houses that replaced them still happy and thankful. It did make me laugh about the jumping on the bed - I have been told exactly the same thing "It sounds like a herd of elephants in there the floor will come through" Really made me smile! x

[@mickbaker2483]

@throughlucyslens thank you, I'm pleased i made you smile when my grandma got mad you knew it I coped one around my ear one day from her so I tried to behave around her but a boy of 6 or 7yo doesn't know the meaning of behaving lol, but the floos in the prefab did make some very strange noise even when you walked over them normally another thing that will make you smile we weren't allowed to use her rocking chair because of the sound's the floor made rocking it but I have fantastic memories of my grandma's prefab and the time I spent in the North East of England with my other family.

[@BevMattocks]

The doors thing was also a public health thing as back-to-backs, for example, had no through-draft of fresh air. (Apologies for all the comments, but this kind of thing is a passion of mine - I studied the history of post-war social housing (and pre-war influences / reasons for) on my degree. Please keep these wonderful videos coming - right up my street (sorry for the pun).

[@throughlucyslens]

Comment away. I love like minded passionate people and read them all! X

[@rachelnoske7030]

That looks like heaven those homes snd gardens

[@throughlucyslens]

Yes I really love them, seem like heaven to me too!

[@Vanessa-yd1sb]

This idea was lovely . Why can’t we build these today,the prefabs could help solve our homeless problem

[@throughlucyslens]

I agree. Although land is so expensive that will probably be the excuse why it's not possible .. always an excuse isn't there?

[@lauralake7430]

In the USA, too. Why cant we have some of these nice little houses?

[@christine0nowell757]

These videos are just fantastic, for somebody like me that can't get out much, it's like being there with you, so enjoying them all. Thankyou.

[@throughlucyslens]

You are so welcome - and thank you for coming with me! x

[@robertskrzynski2768]

The problems with prefabs were 1) they were designed in North American so gaining the hatred of the British architects and surveyors, 2) they gave the working class housing which was cheap and had facilities which middle class people did not have. This gave these swine the excuse to criticize on often dodgy grounds bungalow prefabs and to with hold maintenance. The hatred of the privately educated elite of Britain for the British working classes should never be underestimated concerning housing, education, health services and social services

[@throughlucyslens]

Keep on keeping on. A brilliant & not spoken about enough perspective.

[@annekeech263]

Really like the social history aspect and the focus on affordable historic homes! Just started binge watching all your other ones, too.

[@throughlucyslens]

I appreciate it so much, thank you

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Thank you, loved it!

[@mrsmiggins6435]

Only found your wonderful channel this morning. I love houses and buildings full stop. Thank you for taking your time showing me around the prefabs😃👍. When I was young we had six in our village which stood until someone bought the land and put up hideous houses we nick named Noddy Land. I think that was in the early 80's. Thanks again😃👍

[@ridbensdale]

There’s a lot of prefab bungalows near where I live in Crewe. It’s amazing these houses are still standing. Superb video. You’ve got my subscription 😊

[@throughlucyslens]

So nice of you, thank you. I’ve always been so fascinated by them, they seemed magical to me, I still they think are lovely!

[@sanders2378]

My auntie still lives in a prefab in Crewe. We used to live in one in Essex in the 60s but were moved out by the Council as they were due to be demolished.

[@nancywysemen7196]

what a charming tour. i find ordinary stuff like these homes very touching, more important than government grand or mansions. this is the stuff that i've lived with .

[@throughlucyslens]

Exactly, me too ❤️

[@chris-tf8ud]

I livid in one as a child in the 50s, , kept immaculate by my mum

[@throughlucyslens]

I bet it was gorgeous. ❤️

[@lisaj9412]

So strange this has just popped up as my mum has got dementia and now can’t stop reminiscing about the prefab she grew up in in east London 🥹.I’m going to show her this next time I see her and whether she can recognise similarities with her childhood home.Great video ❤️

[@throughlucyslens]

I hope she enjoys it and it sparks some memories for her. Send my love x

[@lisaj9412]

@@throughlucyslens Thank you ❤️

[@andrewastill5567]

Love the video I live not far from moat lane, did you know prefabs were built on the understanding that they backed onto open land, think about the ones in hall green.

[@throughlucyslens]

I didn't actually. But that would make sense. Thanks for sharing that, appreciate it!

[@Its.Mine1]

My nan used to live in one of those in Hurstwood Rd, Birmingham B23 and at the end of her garden was what we called the brook and it came from Finchley park and went all the way to Witton Lakes.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you for sharing ❤️

[@glyncrisp3947]

I grew up in. Prefab in Sheffield we had to move after the hurricane in 1962 as we lost the roof. Our prefab was a pebbledash style with corner lounge window. The ones being renovated were the same layout as I remember.Made me quite teary, great memories thanks xx

[@throughlucyslens]

Happy tears I hope; I’m sorry to hear what happened to yours. It’s such a shame but I’m glad you got to enjoy one, even if it turned out to not be as long as you hoped ❤️

[@marctremblay8087]

WOW seeing one of these again feels vry nostalgic. My Nan used to live in one these prafbs in New Oscott Birmingham until around 1978 then they were demolished for modern housing developments, Had great times there as a kid in the summer holidays and weekends, It was spacious enough and cozy when the log fire was on . Wonderful memories of those times and a pity they are gone as they had so much character.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks for sharing and I totally agree with you. Glad you have the happy memories there x

[@johnreid5539]

I was raised up in a prefab thank you for brining back such wonderful memories.. time were hard but lots of love

[@throughlucyslens]

"Love is all your need" thanks for sharing that, really made me smile. Glad it brought back some nice memories for you :)

[@annhamilton2060]

I just found your channel. Wow, such a lovely trip down memory lane. As a child of the 60s, a lot of the things were the same for my childhood. There are a lot of updated prefabs where I live. My grandma had a prefab house and my sin lives in an updated council one now, so they still live on. ❤

[@throughlucyslens]

Im loving hearing about all the prefabs that remain. I think they are great homes. I’d happily live in one!

[@anonfornow359]

This was such fun. I would totally go if I lived there. I love the volunteers looking for people to come. They want to share their love of a place too.

[@throughlucyslens]

Absolutely: passionate people make interesting places. I'm glad you enjoyed the video x

[@joyelmes7814]

Great to see the rag-rug in front of the toilet. I used to pass my Nan the strips of fabric she had cut to size to make one. I liked the tool she used to ‘grab’ the strip and pull it through the holes in the sacking backing. She let me choose which colour piece as she did it, lovely memories, thank you.

[@throughlucyslens]

You are so welcome! I remember going to class to learn how to make them many years ago and it was so tough on my fingers - what a namby pamby I am - made of sterner stuff people were!

[@squorly]

Thanks for showing us around. It was really interesting. and yes, quite emotional. How lovely of the couple to donate their old home to the museum.

[@throughlucyslens]

Wonderful isn’t it. A proud legacy indeed.

[@Jay-Leigh]

Just discovered your channel. This is so up my alley. New subscriber 😊

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks so much Jay, anywhere you would like me to go let me know!

[@Jay-Leigh]

@@throughlucyslens if you’ve not already been there is a lovely little museum in Newbegin Hornsea in East Riding Yorkshire, it’s absolutely fascinating along with the story. Your followers may enjoy. Nice little Town too.

[@throughlucyslens]

@@Jay-Leigh I haven't no - annoyingly I lived in Hull for 5 years and never heard of it! I'll write it in my book of dreams :)

[@sunandmoon783]

I lived in a prefab in Reading as a child with my mum and dad from about 1954 to 1967 although very cold during the winter they were years to cherish.

[@throughlucyslens]

Really happy to hear that! I think they are wonderful homes :)

[@rebeccawales17]

Another great video from Lucy. At 8.56 she opens the cupboard to find tea sets - the two designs on the right have both appeared in the charity shop I volunteer at recently. Sadly not such big sellers but I love them,

[@throughlucyslens]

Really? Gosh I would have got them! I love Beryl ware!

[@justherbirdy]

These videos and your commentary make me so happy. I am in Australia and the older houses here are nothing like what England can show us - like you I love wandering around exploring things from the past, and it would be amazing to be able to see all the places you go! Watching your videos feels almost like being there myself...and for the ones with terrifyingly steep stairs, even better as I'm disabled and couldn't get to the second floors. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with me!

[@throughlucyslens]

You are so welcome, I love having you travelling with me. Thanks for your lovely comment and I'll keep searching for places to show you xx

[@annejazzy2902]

Great video, I have lived in a 2 storey prefab house for the past 28 years, very cold in winter but apart from that I love it.

[@throughlucyslens]

So glad to hear it holds happy memories for you, and I don't mind the cold, we are used to it here aren't we! 🤣

[@ohdang8515]

Proper wild that that prefab has been sat in that museum park longer than it was sat in its original location. Mental. Love your videos. Reminds me of home.

[@throughlucyslens]

Isn't it! Thank you so much, really appreciate that.

[@mariamogaburu2765]

Amazing video, Lucy. Thank you. Sending you best wishes from Buenos Aires

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you! You too! always lovely to hear from you Maria x

[@timsuttonlovinlife-]

It reminded me also of my grandads terraced house in Wolverhampton, every time I visited right from when I was a kid in the 80s up until last year when he passed it never changed much it always looked the same, so this was a great little reminder 👍🏼 Thank you 🙏

[@throughlucyslens]

You are so welcome. I love being reminded of things you don’t think about and then they hit you again - In a good way at places like this

[@MacheteMB1775]

amazing vid growing up in peckham Rye we have a few prefabs around us they where a bit different looking but much the same set up my friends lived in one and i thought a prefab was great being all on one floor you are giving us some great content btw love it keep going

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you!!! I love it ! I've always been fascinated by prefabs, mad to think i've wanted to go in those ones around the corner for 30 odd years and a lucky moment let me go and have a peek inside! I guess most peoples bucket lists include tropical holidays but for me that was a MOMENT!

[@DebzA]

Loved this. We're now planning a visit!!

[@throughlucyslens]

Aww brilliant! Have the best time x

[@dewithistle910]

Love, love, love it! It reminded me so much of my Granny! The furniture and the utensils are all very similar to what she had. She didn’t live in a prefab, but in an old tenement flat in Edinburgh (very sadly demolished now due to the council wanting to build even more student accommodation! 🤨). But in the part of Edinburgh that I grew up in there were prefabs. I was never in any of them but they always fascinated me when I heard the history of them. Thanks once again for sharing! 😊🌻

[@throughlucyslens]

Thank you Dewi, I find the furniture sparks such memories too - I was really speechless when I saw that living room, it was like stepping back into my Grandads living room, had a little cry x

[@dewithistle910]

Yeah, it was really emotive 😊🌻

[@rebeccawales17]

And also the wooden clothes horse - we had one growing up in the 70s. It was often found out in the garden with a sheet over it and we all played tents!

[@throughlucyslens]

You have just sparked such a memory for me - playing tents under the wooden clothes horse and catching my finger in it ... ouch!

[@nijntje369]

Great video Lucy! My childminder lived in a prefab, it fascinated me, even though I was only 3 at the time! Also remember being told off for calling the taking clock 😂

[@throughlucyslens]

Why was the talking clock so addictive? I used to call for a one way chat I think 😂

[@katperson7332]

@@throughlucyslenswhen my mother still lived alone aged 90, she was exhibiting some signs of dementia, and had a thing about calling the speaking clock after midnight every night, only she’d call it about 10 times in a minute! I didn’t know until I saw her itemised phone bill and it was astronomical. I asked BT to put some kind of block on these calls but they said it wasn’t possible. She went into a care home a few months later. I think it stemmed from when she was younger and had a wind up mantel clock, which she had to set each night at the correct time, so by phoning the speaking clock she was satisfying herself that she was setting the exact time. She hadn’t a clue how much it was costing. Incidentally my husband’s mother did the exact same thing, when dementia was setting in, so I wonder just how much the phone companies are raking it in from poor old people like that!

[@throughlucyslens]

What a touching story, I think the talking clock comforted me too, I was a bit of a loner as a kid. Like you say though terrible they couldn’t block it - I bet they could!

[@katperson7332]

@@throughlucyslens yes I’ve often thought they could have blocked it, as they can block incoming calls after all!

[@Elit1882]

I think they look awesome id love to live in one

[@throughlucyslens]

Totally agree, lovely!

[@stellacollins3114]

This was a brilliant video , really enjoyed it. My auntie lived in a pre-fab house. I remember when my parents first got a telephone in the house in 1970s we would dial the speaking click to hear a voice coming through the phone lol , thank you Lucy 😁

[@throughlucyslens]

Yes!! The talking clock was my friend 😂😂 kids love phones don't they? Just communication at any time. I still have an old, beige BT phone with my original phone number from the 80s as an ornament in my home 😻

[@davidcoleman5246]

Hi Lucy, I remember a couple of rows of prefabs near to Lea village. We used to play football at the rear of one row, but the opposite side had been demolished. If i remember correctly, they were still there in the mid 80's. In your video at 7.31, you will notice a toaster. My parents had one of these but never used it, and allowed me to take it into work to replace the more modern one which had packed up. It said on the box "Automatically turns the bread". My mates and i wondered how it worked, it was simple. When you opened the sides, the bread would slide down, so the toasted side would then be face down, close it up and the untoasted side would then be facing the element. It was chrome plated, looked very impressive too.

[@throughlucyslens]

That's brilliant too because you can really control toastiness as we know like a cuppa is very subjective to the individual! Thanks so much for sharing that's cheered me up on a 5am puppy outing 😀

[@Spookilysparkly]

So cool! There's a row of about 5 of these just down the road from me that people still live in, I've always wanted to see inside! Great video 💜

[@throughlucyslens]

Can’t believe I got to go inside the ones being refurbished! Right place right time 😅

[@SwingBandHeaven]

That was really interesting so thank you so much for doing this video. It's so important that they are documented before they all dissappear

[@throughlucyslens]

I totally agree! I really love them and think they were and ARE a brilliant housing solution. I would love to live in one.

[@Trevtron24]

I used to visit my Nan when i was a small child with my mother, she lived in a prefab in Orpington Kent i can remember it being warm snug and cosy this would have been in the middle to late 1960s Id live in one given the chance , should build more of them now as affordable housing Ahhh Great Britain as it was back then 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@throughlucyslens]

I think they are a brilliant solution, there are some incredible prefabs coming out of Scandinavia, warm, sustainable with amazing solutions to heating and keeping bills down - i'd really love one!

[@gillstreeter9095]

I live in a council.owned pre fab in paulsgrove Portsmouth. There's lots up here just outside of the city. Was given this as a permanent home 2022 and my family have never been happier. We love our little pre fab we are very very happy here :-)

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks for sharing .. and wow, I think they are the perfect home. Very happy to hear you are still enjoying the prefab life ❤️

[@yvonneevie5926]

i enjoyed the video 😀 and the one i watched last week of the back to back houses 😀 love history 😃thanks lucy 😃

[@throughlucyslens]

You are so welcome! Thank you!

[@richardroulstone-roberts8598]

Another interesting video, I lived in a prefab, was concrete sections bolted together and tin roof, but were completely tin one's locally, Bloody cold in winter.

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks for sharing, I bet it was bracingly cold in the tin ones, frosty breath all around!

[@janetnash]

Lucy thank you for an amazing and emotional tour. Love seeing the house as it would have been back in the 40’s ( oh love the telephone boxes too ) ❤

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks so much for your lovely comment! I love them too x

[@janetnash]

@@throughlucyslens 🩵

[@sabrinamarriott-b3k]

Hi Lucy When I saw how well you did with the back to back houses I thought this is the road she should go down .I was going to suggest prefabs and that very museum but you beat me to it so I was delighted to see the video thanks .

[@throughlucyslens]

Thanks so much 😊 I’ve got a list as long as my arm at the moment, and it’s so exciting! Social history really my thing. I love history in general, but when I can connect emotionally I really love it x